@article{Oreffice:44468, recid = {44468}, author = {Oreffice, Sonia}, title = {Sexual Orientation and Household Decision Making. Same-Sex Couples’ Balance of Power and Labor Supply Choices}, address = {2008-10}, number = {828-2016-55186}, series = {Nota di Lavoro}, pages = {39}, year = {2008}, abstract = {I estimate how intra-household bargaining affects gay and lesbian couples’ labor supplies, investigating their similarity to heterosexual decision-making, in a collective household framework. Data from the 2000 US Census show that couples of all types exhibit a significant response to bargaining power shifts, as measured by differences between partners in age or non-labor income. In gay, lesbian, and heterosexual cohabiting couples, a relatively young or rich partner has more bargaining power and hence supplies less labor, the opposite holding for his/her mate. Married couples value the older spouse instead, or the richer. No effects are found for same-sex roommates.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/44468}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.44468}, }